Sir Arthur Sullivan Complete List of Works

Sir Arthur Sullivan

Complete List of Works

Titles listed in italics are known to have been composed (although not necessarily performed)but are now believed to be lost.

1. THEATREFirst production / performance in London, unless otherwise stated.

TITLE AND GENRE TEXT FIRST PRODUCTION PUBLICATION / REMARKS

The Tempest(Incidental Music)

Shakespeare Leipzig, Gewandhaus, 6 April 1861;revised version, Crystal Palace,5 April 1862

Piano duet, Novello & Coc.1862; Full score, Novello &Co 1891

The Sapphire Necklace – later

known as The False Heiress(Opera)

H.F. Chorley Crystal Palace, 13 April 1867(Overture and two excerpts only – seebelow under Songs / Partsongs)

Composed 1862-3.Overture (arr. for MilitaryBand by Charles Godfrey)Chappell & Co 186-[?]

L’Ile enchantée (Ballet) Covent Garden Theatre, 14 May 1864 Not published; partly re-used

Cox and Box; or TheLong-lost Brothers(Opera)

F.C. Burnand(after J.M. Morton’sBox and Cox )1 Act

Private performance (with piano acc.)23 May 1866;Adelphi Theatre (with orchestra)13 May 1867

Vocal score, Boosey & Co1869; Full score and parts(ed. Roger Harris) R. Clyde1999

The Contrabandista; orThe Law of the Ladrones(Opera)

F.C. Burnand2 Acts[see The Chieftain,below]

St George’s Opera House,18 December 1867

Vocal Score, Boosey & Coc.1870; Full score and parts(ed. Robin Gordon-Powell)The Amber Ring 2004

The Merchant of Venice(Incidental Music)

Shakespeare Manchester, Prince’s Theatre,19 September 1871

Piano solo / duet,J.B. Cramer 187-[?];Full score, Bosworth & Co(Leipzig) 1898

Thespis; or The Gods GrownOld(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Gaiety Theatre,26 December 1871

1 song, 1872 (see below).Ballet music (Pianoreduction, arr. RoderickSpencer) Sir Arthur SullivanSociety 1996

The Merry Wives ofWindsor(Incidental Music)

Shakespeare Gaiety Theatre,19 December 1874

1 song, 1875 (see below)

Trial by Jury(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert1 Act

Royalty Theatre,25 March 1875

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1875; Full score, BroudeBrothers 1994; Edwin FKalmus (no date)

The Zoo(Opera)

Bolton Rowe[pseudonym of B.C.Stephenson]1 Act

St James’s Theatre,5 June 1875

Vocal score, (ed. G. Morton)1969; (ed. R. Spencer) 1975;Full score and parts (ed.Roger Harris) R. Clyde 2010

Henry VIII(Incidental Music)

Shakespeare Manchester, Theatre Royal,29 August 1877

Full score, Metzler & Co1878

The Sorcerer(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Opéra Comique, 17 November 1877;revised version, Savoy Theatre,11 October 1884

Vocal score, Metzler & Co1877; revised version 1884

HMS Pinafore; or TheLass that Loved a Sailor(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Opéra Comique,25 May 1878

Vocal score, Metzler & Co1878; Full score: H. LitolffsVerlag (German translation,as Amor an Bord ) 1882;Dover Publications 2002;Broude Brothers 2003;Edwin F Kalmus (no date)

The Pirates of Penzance;or The Slave of Duty(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Paignton, Royal Bijou Theatre,30 December 1879; New York, FifthAvenue Theatre, 31 December 1879;Opéra Comique, 3 April 1880

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1880; Full score:Dover Publications, 2001;Edwin F Kalmus (no date)

Patience; or Bunthorne’sBride(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Opéra Comique,23 April 1881

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1881; Full score, Edwin FKalmus (no date)

Iolanthe; or The Peer andthe Peri(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,25 November 1882

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1883; Full score, Edwin FKalmus (no date)

Princess Ida; or CastleAdamant(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert (afterTennyson’s ThePrincess )3 Acts

Savoy Theatre,5 January 1884

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1884

The Mikado; or The Townof Titipu(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,14 March 1885

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1885; Full score: Bosworth& Co (Leipzig) 1898; EdwinF Kalmus (no date); DoverPublications 1999; Facsimileof Autograph, Gregg 1968

Ruddigore; or The Witch’sCurse(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,22 January 1887

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1887; Full score and parts(ed. David Russell Hulme)Oxford University Press2000; Edwin F Kalmus (nodate)

The Yeomen of theGuard; or The Merrymanand His Maid(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,3 October 1888

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1888; Full score, Edwin FKalmus (no date); Study /Miniature/ score – Overture,Edition Eulenberg 1979

Macbeth(Incidental Music)

Shakespeare Lyceum Theatre,29 December 1888

Full score – Overture,Chappell & Co 1893;Full score and parts (ed.Robin Gordon-Powell)The Amber Ring 2006

The Gondoliers; or TheKing of Barataria(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,7 December 1889

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1890; Study / Miniaturescore, Edition Eulenberg1984; Full score, Edwin FKalmus (no date)

Ivanhoe(Opera)

Julian Sturgis (afterScott)3 Acts

Royal English Opera House,31 January 1891

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1891; Full score, Chappell &Co 1891; Full score and parts(ed. Robin Gordon-Powell)The Amber Ring 2008

The Foresters(Incidental Music)

Tennyson New York, Daly’s Theatre,17 March 1892


Haddon Hall(Opera)

Sydney Grundy3 Acts

Savoy Theatre,24 September 1892

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1892; Full score and parts(ed. Roger Harris), R. Clyde2006

Utopia Limited; or TheFlowers of Progress(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre 7 October, 1893


The Chieftain(Opera)

F.C. Burnand2 Acts [revised fromThe Contrabandista -see above]

Savoy Theatre,12 December 1894

Vocal score, Boosey & Co1894; revised edition 1895

King Arthur(Incidental Music)

J Comyns Carr Lyceum Theatre,12 January 1895

Vocal score, Novello & Co1904 (ed. Wilfred Bendall)

The Grand Duke; or TheStatutory Duel(Opera)

W.S. Gilbert2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,7 March 1896


Victoria and MerrieEngland(Ballet)

Carlo Coppi Alhambra Theatre,25 May 1897

Piano solo, Metzler & Co1897 (arr. Wilfred Bendall)

The Beauty Stone(Opera)

A.W. Pinero andJ Comyns Carr3 Acts

Savoy Theatre,28 May 1898


The Rose of Persia; or TheStory-teller and the Slave(Opera)

Basil Hood2 Acts

Savoy Theatre 29 November 1899


The Emerald Isle; or TheCaves of Carrig-Cleena(Opera)

Basil Hood2 Acts

Savoy Theatre,27 April 1901

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1901 (Completed by EdwardGerman)

2. CHORAL WITH ORCHESTRA

TITLE AND GENRE TEXT FIRST PERFORMANCE PUBLICATION / REMARKS

Cum sancto spiritu (Fugue) Liturgical Composed ?1857

Psalm The Bible Composed ?1858

Kenilworth (“A Masque ofthe Days of QueenElizabeth”)

Henry FothergillChorley

Birmingham Festival,8 September 1864

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1865; Full Score (ed. RobinGordon-Powell) The AmberRing 2002

The Prodigal Son(Oratorio)

Selected by thecomposer from theBible

Worcester Music Festival,8 September 1869

Vocal score, Boosey & Co1869; Full Score (ed. RobinGordon-Powell) The AmberRing 2003

On Shore and Sea(Cantata)

Tom Taylor London International Exhibition,Royal Albert Hall,1 May 1871

Vocal score, Boosey & Co1871; Full Score (ed. MartinWright) The Amber Ring2006

Te deum laudamus andDomine salvam facreginam

Liturgical Crystal Palace,1 May 1872

Vocal score, Novello, Ewer& Co 1872; Full score,Novello & Co 1887

The Light of the World(Oratorio)

Selected by thecomposer from theBible

Birmingham Festival,27 August 1873

Vocal score, J.B. Cramer1873

The Martyr of Antioch(Sacred Music Drama)

H.H. Milman Leeds Festival, 15 October 1880.Revised as Opera, Edinburgh,15 February 1898

Vocal score, Chappell & Co1880; Full score, Chappell &Co 1899

Ode for the Opening ofthe Colonial and IndianExhibition

Tennyson Royal Albert Hall,4 May 1886


The Golden Legend(Cantata)

Joseph Bennett(after Longfellow)

Leeds Festival,16 October 1886

Vocal score, Novello & Co1886; Full score, Novello &Co 1886

Ode Written andComposed for theOccasion of Laying theFoundation Stone of theImperial Institute

Lewis Morris Imperial Institute,4 July 1887


Te deum laudamus: AThanksgiving for Victory

Liturgical St Paul’s Cathedral,8 June 1902

Vocal score, Novello & Co1902; Full score, Novello &Co 1902

3. ORCHESTRAL

TITLE AND GENRE DETAILS FIRST PERFORMANCE PUBLICATION / REMARKS

Timon of Athens Overture after Shakespeare Existence doubtful; mentionedonly by Alexander Mackenzie inan obituary tribute.

Overture in d-minor. Royal Academy of Music13 July 1858

The Feast of Roses, Overture after Moore’s ‘LallaRookh’.

Leipzig, Gewandhaus 25 May 1860

God Save the Queen Arrangement for Orchestra

Princess Of Wales’s March(also called Marche Danoise)

Military Band performances,March 1863

Piano solo, Cramer 1863

Procession March (also

called The Royal Weddingand Grand March)

Composed for the weddingof the Prince of Wales andPrincess Alexandra

Crystal Palace, 10 March1863, and various MilitaryBand performances on thatday

Piano solo and Piano duet,Cramer 1863

Symphony in E Published as ‘The Irish’ Crystal Palace,10 March 1866

Full score, Novello & Co1915; Miniature / studyscore, MusikproduktionJürgen Höflich, Munich 2006

Overture in C,‘In Memoriam’

Written after the death of thecomposer’s father

Norwich Festival,30 October 1866

Full score, Novello & Co1885

Concerto for Violoncelloand Orchestra in D

Autograph score andperformance material lost,except for solo part

Crystal Palace,24 November 1866

Full score, Josef Weinberger1986 [Score reconstructed byDavid Mackie and Sir CharlesMackerras, from memory]

Marmion Overture after Scott Queen’s Concert Rooms,Hanover Square, 3 June 1867[not St James’s Hall, as statedin most reference books]

Full score and parts(ed. Robin Gordon-Powell)The Amber Ring 2003

Overture di Ballo Originally Overtura Birmingham Festival,31 August 1870

Full score, Novello & Co1889

Russian National Anthem[Arrangement forOrchestra]

Orchestration of JosephBarnby’s arrangement of GodSave the Tsar (composed byPrince Alexei Lvov, 1833)

Royal Albert Hall,18 May 1874[at a gala concert attended byTsar Alexander II during aState Visit to London]

Unpublished

Imperial March Written for the StateOpening of the ImperialInstitute

Imperial Institute,10 May 1893

Full score and parts(ed. Robin Gordon-Powell)The Amber Ring 2003

Absent-minded BeggarMarch

Not just an arrangement ofthe song, but containingoriginal material

Brass Band version, RoyalAlbert Hall, 20 January 1900

Unpublished

4. CHAMBERAll are for piano unless otherwise stated.

TITLE AND GENRE DETAILS

Scherzo (Capriccio Nº 1) Composed in 1857, unpublished

Capriccio Nº 2 (unfinished) Composed in 1857, unpublished

Piano Sonata. Existence doubtful; mentioned only by Alexander Mackenzie in anobituary tribute.

Cadenza for Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A (K.488) Composed in 1859

String Quartet in d-minor Composed in Leipzig, 1858, first known performance, May1859. Published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd 2000

Romance in g-minor for String Quartet Composed in 1859, published 1964 by Chappell.Score and parts published by The Amber Ring 2007

Thoughts (Allegretto con grazia [later published as ‘Reverie’ forviolin and piano ]; Allegro grazioso [later published as ‘Melody’ forviolin and piano ])

Published by Cramer 1862

An Idyll, for Violoncello and Piano Composed in 1865, published in the Souvenir of the CharingCross Hospital Bazaar (held at the Royal Albert Hall, 21-22June 1899)

Allegro risoluto Composed 1866, published by Chappell 1976

Day Dreams (Andante religioso; Allegretto grazioso;Andante; Tempo di valse; Andante con molto tenerezza;

A l’hongroise; Allegretto)

Published by Boosey & Co 1867

Duo Concertante, for Violoncello and Piano Published by Lamborn Cock, Addison & Co 1868

Twilight Published by Chappell 1868

Zum Geburtstage Arrangement for piano solo of the song Oh! Ma Charmante.Composed in 1872, unpublished. Manuscript is inscribed"Miss May Banks from Arthur S. Sullivan. 11 July 1872"

Berceuse Arr. from the Lullaby in Cox and Box.Published by Boosey & Co 187-[?]

5. SERVICES AND ANTHEMS

TITLE DATE OF COMPOSITION /(PUBLICATION) WHERE KNOWN

i Te deum in D;Jubilate, Kyrie in D

1866 (1866)1866 (1872)

ii Anthems

By the Waters of Babylon c1850 Sing Unto the Lord 1855

Psalm 103 1856

We Have Heard with Our Ears 1860 [sung at the Chapel Royal, January 1860]

O Love the Lord (1864)

We Have Heard with Our Ears (1865) [a different setting from that listed above]

O God, Thou Art Worthy 1867 (1871)

O Taste and See (1867)

I Will Lay Me Down In Peace 1868 (1910)

Rejoice in the Lord (1868)

Sing, O heavens (1869)

I Will Worship Towards Thy Holy Temple (1871)

Thou, O Lord, art our Father 1874

I will Mention The Loving-Kindnesses 1874 (1875)

I will Sing of Thy Power (1877)

Hearken Unto Me (1877)

Turn Thy Face (1878)

Who is Like Unto Thee? (1883)

There is None like unto the God of Jeshurun (1882) [composed by John Goss, completed by Sullivan]

iii. Adaptations of Russian Church Music Turn Thee Again 1874 (1874)

Mercy and Truth 1874 (1874)

iv. Anglican Chant for Psalm 150 Published as a postcard by Pierpont Morgan Library. Nodate.

6. HYMN TUNES

NAME OF TUNE WORDS BY FIRST PUBLISHED

Adoro Te John Ellerton 1874

Angel voices Mary Bradford Whiting 1872

Audite audientes me Horatius Bonar 1874

Bethlehem [or Gabriel][arr. of an old carol ] Nahum Tate 1874

Bishopgarth Bishop of Wakefield 1897

Bolwell Godfrey Thring 1902

Carrow Adelaide A. Procter 1875

Chapel Royal George Matheson 1902

Christus Josiah Condor 1874

Clarence Bishop W. Walsham How 1874

Coena Domini trans. J.M. Neale 1874

Come unto Me [arr. from Handel ] William Chatterton Dix 1874

Constance trans. Benjamin H. Kennedy 1874

Coronae Matthew Bridges 1874

Coronation Mary Bradford Whiting 1902

Courage, brother Norman Macleod 1872

Dominion Hymn Marquess of Lorne 1880

Dulce sonans Mary Bradford Whiting 1874

Ecclesia James Montgomery 1874

Ellers [harmonisation of E.J. Hopkins ] John Ellerton [1874] 1896

Evelyn Robert Herrick 1874

Ever faithful John Milton 1874

Falfield [see Formosa]

Fatherland [see St Edmund]

Formosa [or Falfield] Charles Wesley 1867

Fortunatus [see Welcome, happy morning]

Gabriel [see Bethlehem]

Gennesareth [or Heber] Bishop Reginald Heber 1869

Gentle Shepherd [or The long home] trans. Catherine Winkworth 1872

Golden sheaves William Chatterton Dix 1874

Hanford Charlotte Elliott 1874

Heber [see Gennesareth]

Holy City trans. John Ellerton 1874

Hymn of the Homeland H.R. Haweis 1867

Lacrymae Isaac Williams 1872

Lebbaeus T.B. Pollock 1874

Leominster [harmonised from G.W. Martin ] Horatius Bonar 1902

Light [arranged from S. Webbe’s collection ] trans. Edward Caswell 1902

Litany nº 1 T.B. Pollock 1875

Litany nº 2 T.B. Pollock 1875

Litany nº 3 T.B. Pollock 1875 [?]

Lux eoi trans. Edward Caswell 1874

Lux in tenebris J.H. Newman 1874

Lux mundi Bishop W. Walsham How 1872

Marlborough [arrangement of an old tune ] trans. John Ellerton 1874

Mount Zion Augustus Montague Toplady 1867

Nearer Home [harmonised from I.B. Woodbury ] James Montgomery 1874

Noel [adapted from a traditional tune ] E.H. Sears 1874

Of Thy love [or St Lucian] T. Kelly 1868

Old 137th [adapted from Day’s Psalter, 1562 ] E.H. Plumptre (Thine Arm, O Lord )F.W. Farrar (Father, before Thy Throne )

18741874

Paradise F.W. Faber 1874

Parting [adapted from ‘an older melody’ ] George Watson 1874

Pilgrimage T. Kelly 1874

Promissio Patris Harriet Auber 1874

Proprior Deo Sarah F. Adams 1872

Rest [see Venite]Resurrexit A.T. Gurney 1874

Safe home trans. J.M. Neale 1872

St Ann [adapted from Dr W. Croft ] Bishop Reginald Heber 1869

St. Clement John Ellerton 1874

St Edmund [or Fatherland] T.R. Taylor 1872

St Francis trans. Catherine Winkworth 1874

St Gertrude Sabine Baring-Gould 1871

St Kevin J.M. Neale 1872

St Lucian [see Of Thy love]

St Luke [or St Nathaniel] William Cowper 1867

St Mary Magdalene [see Saviour, when indust to thee]

St Millicent trans. R.F. Littledale 1874

St Nathaniel [see St Luke]

St Patrick A.P. Stanley 1874

St Theresa T.J. Potter 1874

Saints of God Archbishop Maclagan 1874

Samuel James Drummond Burns 1874

Saviour, when in dust to Thee [or St MaryMagdalene]

Robert Grant 1872

Springtime [arranged from Jonathan Aldrich ] Frances Jane Douglas and Bishop How 1874

The Long Home [see Gentle Shepherd]

The roseate hues Cecil Frances Alexander 1802

The strain upraise trans. J.M. Neale 1868

Thou God of love Jane Euphemia Brown 1868

Ultor Omnipotens Henry Fothergill Chorley and JohnEllerton

1874

Valete F.W. Faber 1874

Veni, Creator trans. Bishop J. Cosin 1874

Venite [or Rest] trans. J.M. Neale 1872

Victoria Mary Bradford Whiting 1802

Welcome happy morning [or Fortunatus] trans. John Ellerton 1872

7. SONGS, DUETS AND TRIOSFor one voice and piano unless otherwise stated.

TITLE WORDS BY DETAILS / PUBLICATION

O Israel, sacred song Hosea XIV, 1-2 Novello & Co, 1855

Ich möchte hinaus es jauchzen Wilhelm August Corrodi J.B. Cramer & Co, 1977

Lied mit Thränen halbgeschrieben Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 2004

Bride from the North[also, with new words, as Bride of the Isles][see also The White Plume]

Henry Fothergill Chorley[Henry Ffrench]

Cramer, Beale & Wood, 1863

I Heard the Nightingale Rev. C.H. Townsend Chappell & Co, 1863

Sweet Day, so Cool George Herbert Metzler & Co, 1864

The Roads Should Blossom [anon.] The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 2004

Thou Art Lost to Me [anon.] Boosey & Co, 1865

Will He Come? Adelaide A. Procter Boosey & Co, 1865

Arabian Love Song Percy Bysshe Shelley Chappell & Co, 1866

5 Shakespeare Songs [Orpheus With HisLute; O Mistress Mine; Sigh No More,Ladies; The Willow Song; Rosalind]

Shakespeare Metzler & Co, 1866

If Doughty Deeds Robert Graham Chappell & Co, 1866

Over the Roof [from The Sapphire Necklace ] Henry Fothergill Chorley Cramer & Co, 1866

She is Not Fair to Outward View Hartley Coleridge Boosey & Co, 1866

A Weary Lot is Thine, Fair Maid Walter Scott Chappell & Co, 1866

County Guy Walter Scott Ashdown, 1867

Give Adelaide A. Procter Boosey & Co, 1867

In the Summers Long Ago[later published with new words as My LoveBeyond the Sea – see below ]

[anon.] Metzler & Co, 1867

The Maiden’s Story Emma Embury Chappell & Co, 4867

What Does Little Birdie Say? Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ashdown, 1867

I Wish to Tune My Quiv’ring Lyre Anacreon, trans. Lord Byron Boosey & Co, 1868

The Moon in Silent Brightness Bishop Reginald Heber Metzler & Co, 1868

The Mother’s Dream Rev. W. Barnes Boosey & Co, 1868

O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove Jean Ingelow Ashdown & Parry, 1868

O Sweet and Fair A.F.C.K. Boosey & Co, 1868

The Snow Lies White Jean Ingelow Boosey & Co, 1868

The Dove Song[for the pantomime Froggee would a wooing go ][also for voice and orchestra; unpublished]

William Brough Boosey & Co, 1869

Sad Memories C.J. Rowe Metzler & Co, 1869

The Troubadour Walter Scott Boosey & Co, 1869

A Life that Lives for You Lionel H. Lewin Boosey & Co, 1870

Looking Back Louisa Gray Boosey & Co, 1870

The Village Chimes C.J. Rowe Boosey & Co, 1870

The Window, or The Song of the Wrens[Song cycle: On the Hill; At the Window;Gone! Winter; Spring; The Letter; NoAnswer (‘The mist and the rain’); NoAnswer (‘Winds are loud and you are dumb’)The Answer; When? Marriage Morning]

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Strahan & Co, 1871

Golden Days Lionel H. Lewin Boosey & Co, 1872

Guinevere Lionel H. Lewin Cramer & Co, 1872

Little Maid of Arcadee [from Thespis ] William S. Gilbert Cramer & Co, 1872

None But I Can Say Lionel H. Lewin Boosey & Co, 1872

Oh! Ma Charmante[Italian version Oh! Bella mia;English version Sweet Dreamer]

Victor Hugo[Italian – F. Rizelli][English – H.B. Farnie]

Cramer & Co, 1872[Cramer & Co, 1873][Cramer & Co, 1874]

Once Again Lionel H. Lewin Boosey & Co, 1872

The Sailor’s Grave Henry Francis Lyte Cramer & Co, 1872

The White Plume [new words for ‘Bridefrom the North’]

J.P. Douglas Weippert & Co, 1872

Looking Forward Louisa Gray Boosey & Co, 1873

The Chorister [later published with new

words as The First Departure]

Frederick E. Weatherley Metzler & Co, 1873

Nel ciel seren[English version Venetian Serenade][from The Merchant of Venice ]

F. Rizzelli[English words by W. Rainsom]

Cramer & Co, 1873

There Sits a Bird in Yonder Tree Rev. C.H. Barham

[from Ingoldsby Legends ]

Cramer & Co, 1873

Care is all Fiddle-de-dee[from The Miller and His Man ]

Francis Cowley Burnand Cramer & Co, 1874

The Marquis de Mincepie[from The Miller and His Man ]

Francis Cowley Burnand Cramer & Co, 1874

The Young Mother, 3 Simple Songs [The Days are Cold (Cradle Song); Ay de mi, My Bird; The First Departure] [see The Chorister]

Dorothy WordsworthGeorge EliotRev. E Monro

Cramer & Co, 1874Nº 1 later published as Little Darling,Sleep Again, Metzler & Co, 1876

The Distant Shore William S. Gilbert Chappell & Co, 1874

Living Poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boosey & Co, 1874

Love Laid his Sleepless Head[sung in The Merry Wives of Windsor ]

Algernon Swinburne Boosey & Co, 1885

Mary Morison Robert Burns Boosey & Co, 1874

My Dear and Only Love Marquis of Montrose Boosey & Co, 1874

Sleep, My Love, Sleep [also with new words,as ‘Dream, My Love, Dream’ ]

George Whyte-Melville[Clarance Austin]

Boosey & Co, 1874[J.L. Peters, New York, no date]

Tender and True Dinah Maria Mulock Chappell & Co, 1874

Thou Art Weary Adelaide A. Procter Chappell & Co, 1874

Christmas Bells at Sea Charles Lamb Kenney Novello & Co, 1875

Let Me Dream Again B.C. Stephenson Boosey & Co, 1875

The Love that Loves Me Not William S. Gilbert Novello & Co, 1875

The River [anon.] Routledge/Novello, 1875[in The Sunlight of Song ]

We’ve Ploughed Our Land [anon.] Routledge/Novello, 1875[in The Sunlight of Song ]

Sweethearts [also published as a duet] William S. Gilbert Chappell & Co, 1875

Thou’rt Passing Hence Felicia Hemans

[from The Highland Message ]

Chappell & Co, 1875

My Dearest Heart [anon.] Boosey & Co, 1876

The Lost Chord Adelaide A. Procter Boosey & Co, 1877

Sometimes Lady Lindsay of Balcarres Boosey & Co, 1877

When Thou Art Near W.J. Stewart Boosey & Co, 1877

My Love Beyond the Sea [same music as In

the Summers Long Ago – see above ]

J.P. Douglas Metzler & Co, 1877

I Would I Were a King Victor Hugo [trans. A. Cockburn] Boosey & Co, 1878

Morn, Happy Morn[Trio, sung in the play Olivia ]

W.G. Wills Metzler & Co, 1878

Old Love Letters Samuel K. Cowan Boosey & Co, 1879

St Agnes’ Eve Alfred, Lord Tennyson Boosey & Co, 1879

Edward Gray Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lucas, Weber & Co, 1880

The Sisters [Duet for female voices] Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lucas, Weber & Co, 1881

A Shadow Adelaide A Procter Patey & Willis, 1886

Ever Mrs Bloomfield Moore Chappell & Co, 1887

E tu nol sai [performed in The Profligate ][English version You Sleep]

G. Mazzucato[trans. B.C. Stephenson]

Chappell & Co, 1889

Bid Me At Least Goodbye[sung in An Old Jew ]

Sidney Grundy Chappell & Co, 1894

The Absent-minded Beggar Rudyard Kipling Enoch & Sons, for The Daily Mail, 1899

O Swallow, Swallow Alfred, Lord Tennyson[from The Princess ]

J. Church Co, Cincinnati, 1900

Tears, Idle Tears Alfred, Lord Tennyson[from The Princess ]

J. Church Co, Cincinnati, 1900

My Child and I Frederick E. Weatherley Boosey & Co, 1901

To One in Paradise Edgar Allan Poe Novello & Co, 1904

Longing for Home Jean Ingelow Novello & Co, 1904

My Heart is Like a Silent Lute Benjamin Disraeli[from Henrietta Temple ]

Novello & Co, 1904

Other Days Harry Graham [adapted from theFrench, Les viellards of C.F. Panard]

Chappell & Co, 1943

Thou Wast All to Me, Love Edgar Allan Poe No date / unpublished

Birds in the Night[new words for the Lullaby in Cox and Box ]

Lionel H. Lewin Boosey & Co, 1869

Coming Home [Duet for soprano andmezzo-soprano; new words for ‘The

Buttercup Dwells’ from Cox and Box ]

R. Reece Boosey & Co, 1873

The Dicky Bird and the Owl[new words for ‘The Buttercup Dwells’ from

Cox and Box ]

Margaret A Sinclair Bayley & Ferguson [no date]

In the Twilight of Our Love[new words for ‘Silver’d is the Raven Hair’from Patience ]

Hugh Conway Chappell & Co, 1881

8. PARTSONGSFor SATB unless otherwise stated.

TITLE WORDS BY FIRST PUBLISHED / REMARKS

O Lady Dear [Madrigal ] Composed 1857; Unpublished

It was a Lover and his Lass(2 sopranos, chorus)

Shakespeare Performed, Royal Academy of Music,14 July 1857; Unpublished

Fair Daffodils Robert Herrick 1904

Seaside Thoughts (TTBB) Bernard Bartram Composed 1857, Published 1904

The Last Night of the Year Henry Fothergill Chorley 1863

When Love and Beauty[from The Sapphire Necklace ]

Henry Fothergill Chorley 1898

O Hush Thee, My Babie Walter Scott 1867

The Rainy Day Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1867

7 Part-Songs [Evening; Joy to the Victors; Parting Gleams; Echoes; I Sing the Birth; The Long Day Closes (TTBB); The Beleaguered (TTBB)]

Goethe (trans. Lord Houghton)Walter ScottAubrey de VereThomas MooreBen JohnsonHenry Fothergill ChorleyHenry Fothergill Chorley

Boosey & Co, 1868

All this Night Bright Angels Sing[Arrangement of an Old Carol ]

William Austin Novello & Co, 1871, in Christmas Carols,New and Old

5 Sacred Part-Songs [It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; Lead, Kindly Light; Through Sorrow’s Path; Say, Watchman, What of the Night?; The Way is Long and Drear]

E.H. SearsJohn Henry NewmanH. Kirk-WhyteIsaiah XXI, 11Adelaide A. Procter

Boosey & Co. 1871[Although set to the same words, thissetting of It Came Upon the Midnight Clearis different from the hymn-tune Noellisted above]

Upon the snow-clad earth[Traditional Carol ]

[anon.] Metzler & Co, 1876

Hark! What Mean Those Holy Voices?[Traditional Carol ]

John Cawood Patey & Willis, 1883

Wreaths for Our Graves L.F. Massey 1898

9. MISCELLANEOUS

Additional accompaniments for Handel’s Jephtha, 1869Three-part canon, I am at a loss what to write in this book, in Baron

Ferdinand de Rothschild’s Livre d’or, 1886 (publ. 1957)

Sir Arthur Sullivan Complete List of Works

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